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WHO WE ARE

Our Ministry employ more than 170 officers at four Customs points and two Inland Revenue Offices around both main islands - Upolu and Savaii. It comes under the portfolio of the Minister for Revenue, Honourable Tuiloma Pule Lameko.

Our Ministry is the key state organization operational at the frontiers and its main functions center around revenue collection and enforcing Customs and Inland Revenue laws and other related rules and regulations. In the process the Ministry endevours to ensure smooth movement of people and goods across the border and collect the correct revenue due to the state.

Our three Principal Roles:

To manage and administer the taxation systems in a way that encourages compliance by all taxpayers

To facilitate trade and the movement of people across our borders while at the same time protecting our community and ensuring compliance with our laws; and

To efficiently collect the correct revenue due to the State

Improve our services to encourage customers to comply;

Understand customers and their compliance influences;

Improve our tools, processes, legislation, systems, and equipment;

Invest in our people;

OUR FUTURE ASPIRATIONS

Customers meet all of their obligations of their own accord and the Ministry for Revenue makes this easy;

Increasing the community regards paying tax and duties as contributing to society;

The community views effective border management as improve in protecting their way of life;

The community has confidence that appropriate action will be taken against those who do not comply;

We are internationally recognized for our effective facilitation of legitimate trade and cross-border enforcement;

The community regards the Ministry for Revenue staff as professional, knowledgeable, trustworthy and helpful;